Wire wheel



C. S. ASH.

WIRE WHEEL. APPucAHoN HLED .we lo. 191s.

Patented zxilvlg. 26, 1919 CHARLES S. ASH, OF GENEVA, NEW YORK.

WIRE WHEEL.

Application led August 10, 191B.

To (lll '1v/mm it may concern Be it known that I, (limones S. Asn, a citizen of the United States, residin at Geneva, in the county of Ontario and .tate of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire Wheels, of

`wlrieh the following is a full, clear, and

ex'aet description, such as will enable others skilled in the art tol which it appertains to make and use the Same.

This invention relates to Ivehicle wheels, and more particularly to the inner hub and associated parts of quick-detachable wheels adapted for mounting on axles of the full floating type.

@ne of the objects of the invention is to provide a simple and rugged construction of driving hub for axles of the character mentioned wherein the permanent symn'ietry of all portions subjected to bearing strain is insured.

Other objects and advantages will be in part obvious and in part noted hereinafter 1n connection with the following description of the-accompanying drawing, which illustrates a preferred embodiment of the invenv tion'qand in which Figure 1 is a -iartial central sectional view of'an inner an outer hub assembled on a driving axle of the full floating type;

Fig. 2 is a broken side view showing the Vouter end of the inner hub; and

a relnforcmg nut Fig. 3, an end view of for-fthe inner hu'b.

The construction shown comprises in general anouter hub 1 connected by spoke-s 2 or otherwise with a tire-carrying rim (not shown) and adapted for removably fitting over an inner driving hub The latter is supported through bearings t on the housing 5 about a driving axle 6 and receives power from the latter by means of a spider driving dog 7 clutched on the axle and clutehinvr with the slotted end 8 of the inner hub. f

rotary interlock between the inner and outer hubs is conveniently effected by driving pins 9 on the former projecting through complementary apertures 10 in the latter.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the inner hub B .is elongated and slotted or furcated axially at its outer end to provide a plurality of teeth 11 between which the'arlns of a drivin 'dog 7 are received', the latter being clutch or keyed to thedrivin axle 6. It may be noted that the outer hug 1 is provided adjacent its inner end with a.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 26, 1919.

Serial No. 249,277.

conical inner bearinof surface 12 which sli-.lts against: a correspon( ing and opposed surface ot' the inner hub for support and nlinemcnt of the two at this point. The outer hub is likewise provided, adjacent its outer end, with an inclined bearing surface 13, against which, when the parts are assembled, is wedged the corresponding.and opposed surface of a cap nut 14 threaded internally to screw on the teeth or prongs 11 for reventing axial displacement of the outer ub and for supporting the latter adjacent its outer end.

In order to reinforce the slotted end 8 of the inner hub (necessarily weakened by the slots), the teeth l1 are internally threaded, and a cireumferentially continuons reinforcing means, constituted in the present embodiment by nut 15, is employed to screw within the slotted end 8 and thereby stien the teeth. Further, in the preferred form, teeth 11 are beveled at the edge 1G and nut l5 is provided with a head 17 correspondingly under-cut and beveled and thereby providing a recess within which the beveled edge 1G is received when the nut is screwed home. By the eoaction of the inclined surfaces dcscribed, it will be noted that nut 15, when mounted, acts as well to effect coneen'tricity of the teeth as to maintain such eoncentrieity, and that the nut as a whole strongly reinforces the teeth ugains' either separate distortion or common bending. The nut also serves, preferably, as a retaining stop to hold floating axle (i in position.

The nut l5 may be conveniently provided with a series of radial apertures 18, in one of which, when exposed between teeth 1l, a cotter pin 19 may be fitted to prevent reverse rota'fion.

By the construction and assembly described" the outer end of the inner hub, in the plane of support of the outer bearing 13 of the wheel, ls materially reinforced to a degree commensurate with the integral, that is cirelnnferentially continuous, inner bearin r wall supporting the inclined surface l2 o t (he outer hub. l `urtliermore, the wed ing action of the nut 15 insures permanent a ineinent of the hubs and also strengthens the teeth -11 against displacement due to the rf'itary, driving force transmitted through the arms of dog 7. Due to the relative diameters of the parts, it is of course 'intended that nut l5 will not interfere with quick removal of the :.'ap nut .1.4 and the outer hub.

Wk. f.. u, Mani' .staats t te tentati.. or at i .\.s many changes eonldbe made in the above construction and many apparently wide!)Y different cinbmlilneiils of t ns invention could be made without departin r from the scope thereof, it is intended that a 1 nintter contained in the above description or shown in the accoml'ianying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the language used in the following claims is intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described and all statements of the sco eof the invention, which, es a :nat-ter, of nngnage, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention, what I elaiin as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a quick-detachable wheel, in combination, an inher hub having its outer end furcated to provide teeth between which complementary drivin arms ma be received, said teeth havlng externa threads to receive 'a cap nut, and means engaging the inner surface of said teeth to maintain concentrieity thereof and reinforce the saine.

2. In a quiekdetiichafble wheel, in combination, an inner hub havin its outer end fllreated to provide teeth I etween which complementary driving arms may be received, said teeth havin external threads to receive' a cap mit, an eircumferentially continuons mearis engaging the inner surface of said teeth to maintain eon'eentricity thereof arid reinforce the saine.

3. In vehicle wheel, in combination, an inner -hnb having its outer end fureated to p'rovide teeth between whit-h complementa driving arms they be received, said teet having ixlteribt threads, and a threaded nut to screw within seid teeth 'and having o, portion to grip the same for efeetin'g arid inaintaining eon'eentricity thereof and for reinforcing the same a airist distortion'.

L I'n a vehicle iN ieel, in combination, an inner hiib for mo'nnting on an axle of the full Heating type, said hub having its outer end furcated to provide teeth for elutchin ivith drivingarrs on the axle, said teet having exterior t reads to receive a cap nut and having interior threads and an exterior edge bevel, and a cireumferentially continuons externally threaded nut to screw within said teeth and having an acute recess to receive and coact with said edge bevel for ei'ecting and maintaining concentricity of said teeth and for reinforcing the sinne.

5. In a quick-detachable wheel, in combi nation, aninner hub havin its outer end fnrcated to' pr'ovde teeth etween which eomplellientary driving arms ina'.` received, said teeth havinv ezitljnalv threads to receive a cap nut, an cirelnferentielly continuous means engaging the inner sdrfaee of said teeth to maintain eoneentricity thereof dnd reinforce the seine', s'dld Ineens having a pluralitj7 of circumferentiaily spaced riidal apertures wherein a'loeklhg pin niay be fixed to prevent reverse roteion.

6; In a. wheel, n'n iliil'er hiii iiitvirig" its outer end axially slotted t'o provide it 11111- rality of prongs between which emplementar f arms of a driving do'g may b'e seate'd, sai prongs having 'exterior and interibr threads and a beveled outer edge, aA tubular nnt havin exterior threads to' 'engage the interior threads of said prongs and hafing an under-cnt outer end tb wedge said beveled edge for reinforcing said teeth and maintaining 'eo'nceiitricit'y thereof, d h outer hub to fit removably over 'sli'.id ililjlei hub 'and having an exterior inf-,linea ilarace adjacent its onterendbend a'. enti nllt having interim threads to screw 'on the er terior threads f said teeth and having an opposed int-lined lsilrfiee to ni'nt said inclined surface of Said Outer hu In testimony whereof I aiiiii l'y slgnlitlir, in the presence -of two witneses:

CHARLES s. Asn. whiiiszw e A 0N H. E. VA lient.

ILiorrection in Letters Patent No. 1,314,381.

1t is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,314,.$z$l, granted August 26,

improvement in "Wire Wheels," nn error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 2, lline 86, claim 6, for the word `\"exterior read interior; and that the said Letters Patent should ba read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the caso in the Patent Oce.

Signed and sealed this 7th day of October, A.. D., 1919.

[mL-1 M. H. coULs'roN,

i deling Commissioner of Patente.

` Cl. 21mm.

1919, upon thc application of Charles S. Ash, ol' GenevaL New York,l for an, 

